Family Mysteries

Not every family story has a clear ending. Follow ongoing research, puzzling records, long-standing family legends, and the unanswered questions that continue to inspire the search for our past.

Why Samuel Campbell Clegg Supported Britain During the American Revolution

Samuel Campbell Clegg was hanged at Ninety Six, South Carolina, on April 17, 1779, convicted of sedition and treason against...

Why Did the Malone Family Move from Virginia to Alabama?

Jesse David Malone was born in Halifax County, Virginia, in 1772 and died in DeKalb County, Alabama, decades later. Between...

Who Were the Parents of John C Yandle? A Tennessee Genealogy Mystery

John C. Yandle appears in Obion County, Tennessee records in the 1840s as an established adult with a life already...

Why Did James McKnight Bates Leave Tennessee? Exploring a Family Mystery

James McKnight Bates was born in Tennessee on February 19, 1839, and by 1860 he was living in Piney Township...